Then, a blue jay appeared and the mystery was no longer a mystery. Unbeknownst to me, a sharp-shinned hawk had been sitting in the large Eastern cottonwood tree that grows next to my deck. The blue ...

"What kind of hawk is this that's eating my birds?" That's a recent question from a reader. And it's not uncommon. Sometimes readers attach phone picturs of the predatory birds. These hawks are ...

Then, a blue jay appeared and the mystery was no longer a mystery. Unbeknownst to me, there was a sharp-shinned hawk that had been sitting in the large eastern cottonwood tree that grows right ...

The sharp-shinned hawk, commonly called a sharpie, is a small hawk with a big attitude. About the size of a blue jay, it is the smallest hawk in North America. No matter. Sharpies use their short ...

It said, “Struggling to separate a sharp-shinned hawk from a Cooper’s? Amazed when a bald eagle is spotted high in the sky where you see nothing?” YES and YES, I thought! Unfortunately for ...

It was an adult sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) and I instantly uttered a curse. There was the hawk as plain as day and my camera was just out of reach on the kitchen table behind me. I ...

At Hawk Mountain Sanctuary ... getting a falconry permit takes a lot of work The sanctuary reports sharp-shinned hawks and the three falcon species managed to hit their 10-year averages, while ...

sharp-shinned hawks have very slender legs and wings for navigating dense forests. They remind us to look beyond limiting beliefs and recognize the gifts in ourselves and others. Ancient Hawk ...

A sharp-shinned hawk in Granbury, Texas, Dec. 10, 2022. David Montesino dmontesino@star-telegram.com Spring is the most popular season for birding, with many rare species being reported in Texas.

On Monday, Brown tallied the first official migrating raptor, a broad-winged hawk, at 11:24 a.m. DST followed exactly an hour later by a sharp-shinned hawk. And that was about it. A clean slate on ...